Example sentences of "have [verb] through the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lakes may take in water from many miles away that has percolated through the soil or through aquifers over decades . |
| 2 | The peasant movement in El Salvador has developed through the peasants ’ own ability to organise and form a union in the face of growing landlessness and poverty . |
| 3 | Apparently they have had people calling in saying , ‘ please could I speak to Sue ’ , and that could be anybody , and then the switchboard has to go through the rigmarole of saying , ‘ what 's it all about , do you know where the person works , can you give me a bit more information ’ , and it takes up a lot more of their time , so please , if you 're leaving a message for somebody to call you back , leave your full name and your extension number . |
| 4 | In the litter tray they do the same thing , but if it has been used several times without being properly cleaned out this becomes impossible and the cat will then prefer to defecate elsewhere , even if it has to go through the motions of covering its dung with imaginary earth after it has deposited it on a wooden floor or a carpet . |
| 5 | We did n't , we have n't cos Les has to go through the books and charge |
| 6 | He accepts that every Special Constable has to go through the process of gaining the confidence of his regular colleagues . |
| 7 | The tailwheel has fallen through the surface and the yoke was broken , so an immediate take-off was out of the question . |
| 8 | A thirteen year old boy has fallen through the window of his school bus as it went round a corner . |
| 9 | Wigglesworth has remained calm , coped with the aggravations and resolutely has soldiered through the work , saying only that what he ca n't bear is orchestral apathy . |
| 10 | The wood used for instruments has varied through the ages , depending on what was available . |
| 11 | The unfocused light has to pass through the retina on its journey to the mirror and this degrades the quality of the image . |
| 12 | It has to work through the agency of its possessors , and especially by picking out the weak points of their characters — possessiveness in Bilbo , fear in Frodo , patriotism in Boromir , pity in Gandalf . |
| 13 | Space this year is limited and I will not attempt to summarise the rich record of activity outlined in the Annual Report of the Law Society , but briefly consider how the theme of ‘ One Profession ’ has fared through the year . |
| 14 | Jesus , the Christ , is the one who has come through the water of his baptism , through the blood of his cross , and is mediated to us through the Holy Spirit . |
| 15 | Lynsey has come through the ranks from Ulster Under-16 level , to the Under-21s , before gaining selection for the Ulster senior squad . |
| 16 | Ann , the daughter of Joe 's partner , was Larry 's fiance/1e , and now wants to marry Joe 's surviving son , Chris , who has come through the war unscathed . |
| 17 | ‘ One of our most pressing problems ’ , he concluded , ‘ is how to deal with the human waste which has come through the discarding of the services of workers unable to adjust to the new requirements ’ . |
| 18 | IAIN CRICHTON-SMITH also writes about the plight of the outsider , that of the officer who has risen through the ranks . |
| 19 | The key requirement is that they should be selective , which suggests that an authority on the subject has sifted through the literature and identified the most important books , periodicals , etc . |
| 20 | I could believe my first finger has threaded through the trigger-guard . |
| 21 | Since becoming MP for Surrey South West in 1983 Mrs Bottomley has moved through the Department of Education and Science , where she was PPS to Mr Chris Patten , to the Ministry for Overseas Development and the Foreign Office . |
| 22 | The place appears exactly as it has done through the ages , the only signs of man 's intrusion being a ruined bothy , an insecure footbridge and the thin track worn by hardy walkers . |
| 23 | In fact Professor Hayek is sufficiently honest to admit that the free society which we have seen grow in Europe since the Enlightenment has produced through the writings of Marx and Freud a set of values which if not renounced will destroy the civilisation itself ; namely the pursuit of egalitarianism at the collective level leading to the replacement of the market economy by the planned economy and the pursuit of freedom at the personal level leading to abandonment of traditional morality based on the concept of right and wrong and good and evil . |
| 24 | The fruit of the little enlivening the quaint old northern town has got through the Exhibition may be seen by-and-bye . |
| 25 | Geoff took up Vet running at a serious level two or three years ago and has forged through the ranks until arriving at the top of the O50s this season . |
| 26 | The Deutsche Bundespost Telekom has nodded through the taking of a 19.5% stake in Ukranian Telecommunications : other shareholders in the group include AT&T Co with 19.5% and Koninklijke PTT Telecom Nederland NV with 10% ; 51% is held by a Ukranian consortium ; Telekom will invest $15m in the venture . |
| 27 | John J Jackson , III , member of the Safari Club International , on elephant hunting , and the restrictions on importing into the US elephant trophies , which his organisation has challenged through the courts . |
| 28 | Some of the cases where children lost their lives , Jasmine Beckford , Kimberly Carlisle , Tara Henry , where somehow the child 's need has slipped through the net . |
| 29 | Yes , we do obviously erm in this particular region erm depend a great deal on the overseas visitor erm but I think Michael also made a very good point in relation to the comradeship which has emerged through the war erm and I think this was erm further identified by some representatives we sent out erm on the part of the local regional boards , in other words London , South East , Southern , East Anglia . |
| 30 | Civil war has severely hampered the efforts of relief agencies to curb the ravages of drought and famine which has swept through the Horn of Africa and is threatening much of the surviving Somali population with further massive loss of life . |